This cozy café serves delightful char-grilled Greek dishes from an open kitchen, complimented by tasty house cocktails and a warm, lively vibe.
"Tsiakkos & Charcoal in Notting Hill is a reassuringly straightforward restaurant where you should order one thing: the House Specialty Meze. This is code for The Lot. Thick houmous rich with tahini, a spoonable bulb of garlic masquerading as tzatziki, Greek salad, whole grilled sea bass, and more. As far as feasts go, this is one of the best-value in London. But it’s the feelgood mood—plastic foliage, twinkling fairy lights—that makes Tsiakkos & Charcoal priceless." - sinead cranna, jake missing, rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley
"One sniff of your smoke-fragranced clothes is enough to send you right back into Tsiakkos & Charcoal’s covered courtyard. The lively Greek spot in Notting Hill is a great night out. Sizzling souvlaki, ice-cold beers, and outdoor voices are the name of the game. Get the £35 a head meze option—including garlic-heavy tzatziki and gooey slow-roasted pork shoulder." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak
"If Notting Hill is a bubble, then Tsiakkos & Charcoal exists in its own ouzo-fuelled world. The Greek spot feels like the kind of restaurant where plates should smash, not least because its covered courtyard is a riot of birthday sing-songs and fall-apart pork shoulder. Inside things are endearingly hectic, as smoke from the grill wafts over tables of cheersing families or boozy dates, while the stylish offspring of the Notting Hill set escape for a cigarette out front. At £35 a head for the mezze menu, it’s also one of the best big group dinner spots around." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"Plastic foliage, twinkling fairy lights, and the aroma of chargrilled meats—Tsiakkos & Charcoal is a Greek taverna with one of Notting Hill’s most hangover-inducing atmospheres. The covered courtyard has an anarchic buzz that feeds off friends and families living in the present. Tomorrow is, well, tomorrow’s problem and nothing is safe from cheers-ing here. When it comes to the food, you should only land on one thing: the House Specialty Meze. This is code for The Lot—and as far as feasts go, this is one of the best-value in London." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"Given that you can order Tsiakkos & Charcoal’s meze menu for £35—unsocially garlic-packed tzatziki, pork and chicken souvlaki, hefty bowls of moussaka, sweet slow-burnt pork shoulder—it’s easy to understand why the Greek spot is such a favourite among groups of friends. But it’s also the feeling that an evening at this Notting Hill restaurant gives you. The grill smokes even more than Marlboro Golds do out front, and a birthday sing-song is always piercing eardrums in the covered courtyard." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
